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Improving Broadband and Mobile Communications
The Brookings Institution
Sept 21, 2009
10am
Darrell West, Brookings vice president and director of Governance Studies will discuss his new study on what consumers in four countries, including the United States, want from mobile communications. Other panelists will participate in a discussion about broadband and mobile communications and offer ideas for improving access in the United States.
After the program, panelists will take audience questions.
Participants
Featured Speaker
Julius Genachowski
Chairman
Federal Communications Commission
Moderator
Cecilia Kang
Reporter
The Washington Post
Panelists
Ben Scott
Policy Director
Free Press
Josh Silverman
CEO
Skype Technologies S.A.
Darrell M. West
Vice President and Director, Governance Studies
David E. Young
Vice President, Federal Regulatory Affairs
Verizon Communications
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